Candra Chandra Gupta Iking of India (reigned 320–c320 to c.330 CE) , Indian king, and founder of the imperial Gupta dynastyof the Guptas.The . He was the grandson of Sri Gupta, the first known ruler of the Gupta line, Candra . Chandra Gupta I, whose early life is unknown, became a local chief in the kingdom of Magadha (parts of modern BihārBihar state). He increased his power and territory by marrying, about 308, Princess Kumāradevī Kumaradevi of the Licchavi tribe, which then controlling controlled north Bihār Bihar and perhaps Nepal. Toward the close of the 3rd century ADCE, India consisted of a number of independent states, both monarchical and nonmonarchical; it is highly probable that the Guptas and Licchavis ruled over adjoining principalities. Their union by marriage enhanced the power and prestige of the new kingdom. Special gold coins depicted the King king and Queen queen on one side and the Licchavis on the other. The chronology of the Gupta era, dating from AD320 and used in India for several centuries, is believed to be based on the date of either of his coronation or of his marriage.

By the conclusion of his reign, his kingdom probably extended west to the present-day city of Allahābād Allahabad and included Ayodhyā Ayodhya and south Bihārsouthern Bihar. These regions were assigned to him by the Purāṇas Puranas(ancient chronicles of early Sanskrit literature). His dominions must have been sufficiently large to justify his assumption of the imperial titlemahārājādhirāja—“king of kings”—and , maharajadhiraja (“king of kings”), and to enable his son Samudra Gupta to begin the conquest that led to the founding of the Gupta Empireempire.

The suggestion that Candra Chandra Gupta I conquered the Scythians is probably without foundation. Nor is it likely that he overcame the Licchavis by killing their king or that he was murdered by his heir. The tradition generally accepted is that the King king held an assembly of councillors and royal family members at which Prince Samudra Gupta was formally nominated to succeed his abdicating father.